Anything to do with the fact that it appears twice in the sidebar? No, but good thought.

I remember a long time ago there was a puzzle revolving around the differences between the user name and the real name, as once appeared in the side bar. Is that one still in the archives? If so, I'd like to check that one out.

Probably wrong, but... when your name includes an "other" (another...), it becomes twice as big, as Balin and other both have 5 letters. "Other Balin" would make your name become twice as big and include an "other". Say no already. :D

Probably wrong, but... when your name includes an "other" (another...), it becomes twice as big, as Balin and other both have 5 letters. "Other Balin" would make your name become twice as big and include an "other". Say no already. :D If you insist...no. Good thought, though.

Does the other user have a puzzle on the front page? Has the user posted in this puzzle? Does a strange phonetic spelling of "Balin" produce the desired result? Is "Balin" interspaced with another 5-letter username? Or part of a longer username? Or are letters of either username mixed or reversed?

Does the other user have a puzzle on the front page? No, see below Has the user posted in this puzzle? No, see below Does a strange phonetic spelling of "Balin" produce the desired result? Yes Is "Balin" interspaced with another 5-letter username? No, but the username is 5 letters, see below Or part of a longer username? No (tiny ish) Or are letters of either username mixed or reversed? No

Is the result pronounced the same as Balin but contains Lynne spelled out? Correct!

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I was thinking about how long you can make words with the same phonetic pronunciation, like "fish" to "ghoti," or "sigh" to "scheye." I tried this with my username, and realized that it contained the username "Lynne," as in "Beigh-LYNNE," and knew right away that it'd be a good puzzle.

The title is a phonetic expansion of "word puzzle," which was pretty much figured out.

Nice. There is a Plateau de Beille in the Pyrenees, which would take it up to eleven. And my parents live on Rue des Abeilles ... which would be twelve if you're prepared to be a bit liberal with phonetics ;)

E as in bet = A gn as in gnome = n eigh as in Kelleigh = y ou as in Ouachita = w eigh as in eight = ay gh as in ugh = g rr as in error = r eigh as in eight = ea th as in Thomas = t gh as in hiccough = p a as in the article = u s as in bags = zz ll as in hall = le